Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)

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Lisp dialect extension language programming language scripting language

Emacs Lisp is a dialect of the Lisp programming language used as the extension and scripting language of the GNU Emacs text editor.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Emacs Lisp 12
GNU Emacs Lisp 1
GNU Emacs Lisp Introductory Manual 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lisp dialect ⓘ
extension language ⓘ
programming language ⓘ
scripting language ⓘ
designedFor GNU Emacs ⓘ
developedBy Free Software Foundation ⓘ
developedFor GNU Emacs ⓘ
surface form: GNU Emacs text editor
documentation Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU Emacs Lisp Introductory Manual

Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
evaluationStrategy eager evaluation ⓘ
executedBy Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU Emacs Lisp interpreter
fileExtension .el ⓘ
.elc ⓘ
hasFeature advice system ⓘ
autoloading ⓘ
buffer and window manipulation APIs ⓘ
byte-code interpreter ⓘ
customization system ⓘ
error handling with conditions ⓘ
file and directory I/O ⓘ
hash tables ⓘ
hooks ⓘ
keybinding customization ⓘ
keymaps ⓘ
lists ⓘ
major modes ⓘ
minor modes ⓘ
namespaces via obarrays ⓘ
numbers ⓘ
overlays ⓘ
package management APIs ⓘ
process and subprocess control ⓘ
read–eval–print loop ⓘ
regular expression support ⓘ
strings ⓘ
symbolic expressions ⓘ
symbols ⓘ
text properties ⓘ
timers ⓘ
vectors ⓘ
influenced Elisp-based Emacs packages ⓘ
influencedBy Lisp programming language ⓘ
surface form: Lisp

Maclisp ⓘ
license GNU General Public License ⓘ
paradigm dynamic programming language ⓘ
functional programming ⓘ
imperative programming ⓘ
procedural programming ⓘ
primaryUse configuring GNU Emacs ⓘ
extending GNU Emacs ⓘ
scripting within GNU Emacs ⓘ
runsOn GNU Emacs runtime ⓘ
scopeDefault dynamic scope (historically) ⓘ
scopeOption lexical scope (via lexical-binding) ⓘ
standardImplementation Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU Emacs built-in interpreter
supports byte compilation ⓘ
dynamic scoping ⓘ
first-class functions ⓘ
garbage collection ⓘ
interactive development ⓘ
lexical scoping ⓘ
macros ⓘ
typingDiscipline dynamic typing ⓘ
usedIn GNU Emacs ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) → documentation → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Emacs Lisp
this entity surface form: GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) → documentation → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Emacs Lisp
this entity surface form: GNU Emacs Lisp Introductory Manual
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) → executedBy → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Emacs Lisp
this entity surface form: GNU Emacs Lisp interpreter
Lisp programming language → notableImplementation → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
subject surface form: Lisp
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
Doom Emacs → programmingLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
Eshell → programmingLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
GNU Emacs → programmingLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
Gnus → programmingLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
org-mode → programmingLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
subject surface form: Org-mode
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
XEmacs → programmingLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
Richard Stallman → programmingLanguageCreated → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) → standardImplementation → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Emacs Lisp
this entity surface form: GNU Emacs built-in interpreter
GNU Emacs → supportsLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
GNU Emacs → supportsLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lisp
GNU gettext → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU Emacs Lisp
Spacemacs → usesConfigurationLanguage → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
Evil mode → writtenIn → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
GNU Emacs → writtenIn → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp
Spacemacs → writtenIn → Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emacs Lisp